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U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding Fathers

Let the People Pick the President by Jesse Wegman

Amendment Seventeen by Michael James Geanoulis Sr

The US Constitution (nonfiction)

71 books — 20 voters

Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings by Annette Gordon-Reed

The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed

Thomas Jefferson by Christopher Hitchens

Jeffersonian Books (fiction and nonfiction)

90 books — 38 voters

A President in the Family by Byron W. Woodson Sr.

US Founding Families (nonfiction)

46 books — 6 voters

Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1 by Blanche Wiesen Cook

Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2 by Blanche Wiesen Cook

Upstairs at the White House by J.B. West

Secret Lives of the First Ladies by Cormac O'Brien

U.S. First Ladies (nonfiction)

144 books — 30 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

Best American History Books

2,266 books — 3,083 voters

The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constit... by Founding Fathers

The Federalist Papers & Anti-Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson

The American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood

American Founding Texts (nonfiction)

53 books — 6 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Founding Fathers”

“ Principles of Liberty 1. The only reliable basis for sound government and just human relations is Natural Law. 2. A free people cannot survive under a republican constitution unless they remain virtuous and morally strong. 3. The most promising method of securing a virtuous and morally strong people is to elect virtuous leaders. 4. Without religion the government of a free people cannot be maintained. 5. All things were created by God, therefore upon him all mankind are equally dependent, an Principles of Liberty 1. The only reliable basis for sound government and just human relations is Natural Law. 2. A free people cannot survive under a republican constitution unless they remain virtuous and morally strong. 3. The most promising method of securing a virtuous and morally strong people is to elect virtuous leaders. 4. Without religion the government of a free people cannot be maintained. 5. All things were created by God, therefore upon him all mankind are equally dependent, and to Him they are equally responsible. 6. All men are created equal. 7. The proper role of government is to protect equal rights, not provide equal things. 8. Men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. 9. To protect man's rights, God has revealed certain principles of divine law. 10. The God-given right to govern is vested in the sovereign authority of the whole people. 11. The majority of the people may alter or abolish a government which has become tyrannical. 12. The United States of America shall be a republic. 13. A constitution should be structured to permanently protect the people from the human frailties of their rulers. 14. Life and Liberty are secure only so long as the Igor of property is secure. 15. The highest level of securitiy occurs when there is a free market economy and a minimum of government regulations. 16. The government should be separated into three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. 17. A system of checks and balances should be adopted to prevent the abuse of power. 18. The unalienable rights of the people are most likely to be preserved if the principles of government are set forth in a written constitution. 19. Only limited and carefully defined powers should be delegated to the government, all others being retained by the people. 20. Efficiency and dispatch require government to operate according to the will of the majority, but constitutional provisions must be made to protect the rights of the minority. 21. Strong human government is the keystone to preserving human freedom. 22. A free people should be governed by law and not by the whims of men. 23. A free society cannot survive a republic without a broad program of general education. 24. A free people will not survive unless they stay strong. 25. "Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none." 26. The core unit which determines the strength of any society is the family; therefore, the government should foster and protect its integrity. 27. The burden of debt is as destructive to freedom as subjugation by conquest. 28. The United States has a manifest destiny to be an example and a blessing to the entire human race. ...more ”
― Founding Fathers

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